Sentences with phrase «calcium phosphate crystals»

Pseudogout, which is also known as calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease (CPPD), is caused by deposits of calcium phosphate crystals (not uric acid) in the joints.

Kingsley speculates that in its normal form, the ank protein is a pyrophosphate channel that allows pyrophosphate levels to remain high in cartilage throughout life to prevent calcium phosphate crystal formation in the joint cleft.

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Bone actually largely consists of tiny crystals of calcium phosphate, and the goo is in fact a combination of the compound citrate and water.

The original tissues have been replaced with calcium phosphate, the tiny crystals of which reproduced the shape of the original tissue in fine detail.

If citrate leaks out, the crystals — made of calcium phosphate — fuse together into bigger and bigger clumps that become inflexible, increasingly brittle and more likely to shatter.

Common crystals that can be associated with urinary tract disease are struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate, triple phosphate)- associated with FUS and oxalate (Calcium oxalate mono or dihydrate).

These procedures can help diagnose the presence of bacterial infection (which often accompanies bladder stones or sludge) and determine the composition of suspected uroliths or sludge (rabbits usually form calcium carbonate crystals, but they may also form calcium oxalate, ammonium phosphate, or monohydrate crystals).

A recent study of healthy young cats and healthy adult dogs found Tripsy, a veterinarian - formulated, 100 % herbal supplement, may be beneficial in lowering the risk of struvite crystals, a phosphate mineral found in urinary stones in young cats as well as in reducing the risk of calcium oxalate crystals which form urinary stones in adult dogs.

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